Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 494: Chapter 493 Elder Hua

All the people inside the room sighed incessantly, now truly caught between a rock and a hard place.

They had to either suspend the research, or share the research results with others. Either of these two scenarios was a cost they could not bear.

Just as everyone was silently contemplating, someone suddenly rushed into the room.

Director Wang frowned, ”Xiao Ke, what’s the hurry?”

Xiao Ke caught his breath and spoke anxiously, ”It’s bad news. Representatives from several groups in America have also come to demand a share in our research achievements. Otherwise, they will take away their research equipment. There are representatives from a few other countries outside too, making the same demands!”

”What!?” The complexions of everyone in the room changed. Just Japan had made things this complicated, let alone adding several other countries now; this was not just taking advantage of a crisis, but also kicking us while we’re down!

”This is outrageous!” Director Wang exclaimed angrily, ”So many countries coming to share our results, what good are patents then? Just give everything to them!”

A middle-aged doctor on one side spoke in a deep voice, ”This is just how these people behave. When I used to do research, I dealt with them quite a bit. They rely on their advanced technology to forcibly take our research results, and this isn’t the first or second time!”

”This is just blatant robbery!”

”There’s no choice; they have the technology, after all!”

Everyone was depressed as they had encountered such incidents before. But the projects they had previously worked on weren’t as important, so they just swallowed their grievances.

But this time, these few projects were the key areas of research in the domestic medical field. Their taking advantage of the situation now was infuriating.

”We spent a lot of money to rent their equipment. Just taking Japan’s equipment, for instance, we spent over thirty million,” someone at the end of the table couldn’t help but say, ”Just to borrow it for a while, and it was thirty million. With them causing such trouble, don’t they fear not making any money?”

Sitting at the head of the table, someone sighed and said, ”If these projects are successful, it will be a significant event that changes the course of humanity; the value is incomparable to thirty million. Even thirty billion or three hundred billion can’t describe the value of these projects!”

The high value of this, and those bastards want to share it? That’s too much!”

”There’s no choice; they have the technology in this field, don’t they?”

All faces were full of anger, but no one had any solution.

At last, the middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table sighed and said, ”Actually, our main purpose for coming here was to discuss this matter. I came with orders, but since all the distinguished figures of the medical field are here, I might as well seek your opinions. For these few projects, should we share the technology and continue our research, or should we suspend our research and wait until we develop the technology ourselves?”

The room fell silent again, and Elder Yue spoke in a grave voice, ”These projects are of significant importance; they absolutely must not fall into these people’s hands!”

”If we don’t share with them, the research on the projects will have to be suspended. In another decade or so, who knows what the situation will be like!” another person said in a deep voice.

These doctors began to discuss among themselves, each having a different opinion. Some wanted to keep everything entirely to themselves, while others desired the projects to be completed sooner.

As the argument continued without end, Elder Hua, seated in the main seat, cleared his throat. Instantly, everyone in the room shut their mouths and turned to look at him.

Within the country, Elder Hua was definitely considered a highly respected figure in the medical field. This year, having lived over a hundred years, he had experienced many things and treated several leaders. Even in front of him, Elder Yue was considered a junior.

Despite Elder Hua’s withered appearance, as though he were halfway buried in the earth, when he sat there and merely cleared his throat, everyone had to listen attentively!

Elder Hua slowly sat up straight and spoke softly, ”I am one hundred and three years old this year, and I know I don’t have many years left. My life has not been wasted. I’ve traveled many places, met many people, and experienced many things. As a doctor, the most I’ve seen in my life has been life and death partings.”

”In fact, for many people, their illnesses are not incurable, but rather, there is no money for treatment. The technological embargo from abroad, and the exorbitant prices set by foreign pharmaceutical companies, result in many people not being able to afford life-saving medicine, eventually having no choice but to wait for death. And this kind of parting from life is the most painful!”

”I once saw a little boy, only eight years old, diagnosed with leukemia. His family bankrupted themselves for his treatment. He died when he was just two months shy of ten years old. The last thing he said to his father before he died was, ’Dad, maybe you can take me out to look around again?’”

”Hearing this, the man, who was over six feet tall, curled up beside the bed, crying like a child. So, it made me often wonder, which is more painful: the sorrow of life and death partings or the agony of knowing there is a cure but being powerless to help?”

Everyone was suddenly silent; many in the room were doctors, of course able to understand what Elder Hua was saying.

Elder Hua exhaled gently and continued, ”If these projects are successful, they will not only break the technological monopoly from abroad. Most importantly, they will be able to treat many of our citizens. By mastering these technologies ourselves, we can fundamentally reduce costs, so those suffering do not have to feel helpless anymore!”

”Think about it, once these projects are successful, how many people could be saved each year. If these projects get delayed by several years, how many people will have to wait to die because of that?”

”I am aware of the foreign technological embargoes against us, and I also understand the importance of the patents for these projects. But what is more important, the lives of tens of millions, or the value of patents?”

The room fell silent again, and after a long while, someone said in a low voice, ”Elder Hua, you mean to share the patents with those foreigners? But they never treated us this way. They sell their medicine to us at such high prices, never considering the importance of human lives!”

Elder Hua looked at the man and spoke softly, ”They may not care about the lives of our citizens, but surely, we can’t disregard the lives of our own people, can we?”

The man suddenly came to a realization, bowing his head in guilt.

”In that case, let’s make that decision!” said the middle-aged man sitting beside Elder Hua, ”We’ll share these technologies with them, with the key goal of quickly completing the research.”

Everyone nodded in agreement, while Lin Dingkun, seated at the lower end, hesitated and spoke in a low voice, ”These projects are built on the technology provided by Master Su Yang. He... he hasn’t agreed to share the technology yet...”